Question

select the sentence that uses a correctly marked ellipsis to indicate an omission of quoted material.
in her book about the great wall of china . . . cynthia rogan writes, “for hundreds of years, people believed it would be visible from the moon.”
in her book about the great wall of china, cynthia rogan writes, “for hundreds of years, people believed it . . . . would be visible from the moon.”
in her book about the great wall of china . . . . cynthia rogan writes, “for hundreds of years, people believed it would be visible from the moon.”
in her book about the great wall of china, cynthia rogan writes, “for hundreds of years, people believed it . . . would be visible from the moon.”

Explanation:

An ellipsis for omitted quoted material uses three spaced dots (...), placed inside the quotation marks where text is removed. Extra dots or misplaced ellipses outside the quote are incorrect. The correct option places the three-dot ellipsis within the quoted sentence to show omitted content, following standard punctuation rules.

Answer:

D. In her book about the Great Wall of China, Cynthia Rogan writes, "For hundreds of years, people believed it . . . would be visible from the moon."